New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-28


TO judge how any three year-od OF 1888 can cope
with him if he to the post In the form
he has shown this year. The difficulty in the way
is that he has shelly and brittle hoofs like those
Of the famous American colt Sensation ono Of
the best horses that ever looked through bride
on this side Of the ocean, and who, like Friars
Balsam. never knew the bitterness II failure in
his twoycar- old career. Sensations hoofs were so
shelly that George l.. Lorillard, his owner, who
| considered him the best horse nc ever had never
could start him after his first season on the turf
IL is to he hoped that tho owner or owners of
Friars Balsam may be more fortunate in regard
To this than was Mr. Lorllard
4 r0e for the Republican ticket IL rote for good gor
ernment No 'cho cast such rote and does not
do is Worthy Of the respect Of his teIlolccii:ens.
register Hours 3 a. m. TO 81
What honest voter in Ncw-YorIS can hesitate
between the claims 10 the Controllers Office of 50
we'll equipped and blamclcSs candidate rs John
jay Knox and the prcpoetcrous nominee OF the
/ County Democracy, Theodore w. Myersp The
true position Of Mr.. Myers in the business coui-
munity made clear enough when the Stock
Exchange found IL necessary TO suspend him for
thirty days on account OF his defiance OF the
obligations which every honorable member OF
|
as law in the statute books. Mr. Myerss exploits
NJ baccarat have long been notorious but why
the great finance department in the city Of New
York should be- handed over to a man whose
reputation has been gained chiefly by sIilful
handling OF cards in gnmes Of chance for large
| stakes, and by association through day and night
with the most prolligatc and dcbauchcd members
OF "A prOiiigatc and dcbauched political OrganiZa-
ton is not entirely clear. II il is desirable to
look for candidates for positions OF great trust
and responsibility In the City Government at the
poker table or the baccarat bank. are now
confronted with n now principle and new policy
in municipal affairs.
Mr.. MARITIME ought 10 feel reasonably comforta-
bic in these days. lie seems 10 be MS certain Of
going on tie bench on the first of next January
as n man can possibly he.
Not since the great public uprising against the
Tweed Ring have the Democratic bosses and their
hcclcrs been SO dishcartcncd and dcmornzcd eleven
DAYS before election AS they now Their con-
dition OF nnic and despair is shown in the ccnrest
possible light by the frantic demands OF members
Of the State Committee and others that District
Attorney MARITIME shall refuse the Republican in
dorscmcnt Of his nomination, or that tho local
Democrats shall get together and put another
has been more ridiculous and foolish suggestion
than this in city politics. Only amateurs fumbling
bliniy In metropolis far too big for them
would ever think OF such a thing.
A Washington correspondent writing Of Prcsi-
dent Clevelands Cabinet says: when n person
calls on Mr.. Garland he does not have TO wait
long The public called Mr.. Garland for his
resignation a good many months ago, and has
been kept waiting ever since.
The wise and sacacious action of the Republican
County Convention on Tuesday evening sent the
mercury in the thermometer in the boodlerS colony
at Montreal u a point far below any which it has
ever before touched in October.
ErMnvor Low is sneercd at partisan for
dcnonncing misgovcrnmcnt and ring rule in Brook
kn. His reputation will thrive on vulgar Demo
cratic abuse of that sort lie told the plain truth
about Mayor Whitncys Administration and Mr.
Chapins nomination by political Boss. The truth
in Brooklyn politics is destructive weapon
The burden of Corporation Attorney Boyd's
answers TO Mayor IIcwitt's questions in the Board
of Eetimatc was 81 do not know and 81 cannot |
tell youn Why shouldn't We have Corporation
Attorney who does know and can tell
The Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker will no doubt |
thank us heartily for calling his attention to an
imposition which has been practised on him. He |
has-without his knowledge. of course-bcen made |
the victim OF foreign book pirate This is |
most unfortunate and must certainly lead to a |
change in the Doctors lecture programme, which |
he and all his friends will regret. There has just
been put into our hands little pamphlet pub |
lishcd in 1882 by New York firm. bearing the |
title Jobs COmf0rters, or Scientific Sympathy |
The Rev. DIR. Parker is put down as the author. |
and examination shows that the letter press is |
identical with the lecture which Dr. Parker has |
recently delivered in ChiclScring Hall and else
where under the title Jobs Comforters, or SYM |
thy from Science" No help regretting that
Dr. Parker has unconsciousy Decn victimized by |
what can scarcely be called a bunder 1t is |
horrible to think what would happen if some |
copies of the pamphlet, or have some new ones |
struck off and distribute them to the audience
on entering the hail. But forewarned Is fore
armed DR. Parker will surely drop Jobs Com
forters' from his repcrtory like q hot potato.
The duty Of registration and OF voting at the
coming election should 10 thoroughly appreciated
by every citizen The success of tho Republican
ticket means tho honest administration Of city
affars, the punishment OF thieves and tho ad-
of the best interests Of the oity. No
ono not already registered can do anything for